Molecules, galaxies, art galleries, sculptures, viruses, crystals, architecture, and more: Shaping Space--Exploring Polyhedra in Nature, Art, and the Geometrical Imagination is an exuberant survey of polyhedra and at the same time a hands-on, mind-boggling introduction to one of…
"Spatial perception and cognition is fundamental to human abilities to navigate through space, identify and locate objects, and track entities in motion. Moreover, research findings in the last couple of decades reveal that many of the mechanisms humans employ to achi9eve this a…
"This volume includes a variety of theoretical, empirical, and methodological advances that invite readers to make their own novel connections between theory and research. Scholars who study spatial cognition can benefit from examining the latest from well-established experts, a…
Psychologist Colin Ellard explains how, over centuries of innovation, we have lost our instinctive ability to find our way and suggests that architects and city planners need to consider human behavior when designing human environments, and we all need to recognize that we are p…
'Ways of Walking' combines discussions of embodiment, place and materiality to address this significant and largely ignored 'technique of the body'. It presents studies of walking in a range of regional and cultural contexts, exploring the diversity of ways of walking and the va…
'Ways of Walking' combines discussions of embodiment, place and materiality to address this significant and largely ignored 'technique of the body'. It presents studies of walking in a range of regional and cultural contexts, exploring the diversity of ways of walking and the va…
Despite its importance to how humans inhabit their environments, walking has rarely received the attention of ethnographers. Ways of Walking combines discussions of embodiment, place and materiality to address this significant and largely ignored 'technique of the body'. This bo…
'Ways of Walking' combines discussions of embodiment, place and materiality to address this significant and largely ignored 'technique of the body'. It presents studies of walking in a range of regional and cultural contexts, exploring the diversity of ways of walking and the va…
This study is a unique exploration of the relationship between the ancient Romans' visual and literary cultures and their imagination. Drawing on a vast range of ancient sources, poetry and prose, texts, and material culture from all levels of Roman society, it analyses how the …
